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  1.                                 Mark Messier has what it 
  2.                                 takes to win the Stanley 
  3.                                 Cup: HeΓÇÖs won it six times! 
  4.                                 The first five champion-
  5.                                 ships came when Mark 
  6. was on the Edmonton Oilers. The sixth
  7. occurred in 1994, when Mark guided the New
  8. York Rangers to their first Cup in 54 years.
  9.  
  10. Mark was 17 years old when he played for 
  11. the professional World Hockey League, in 
  12. the 1977-78 season. At 18, after part of a
  13. season in the World Hockey Association, he
  14. was drafted into the NHL by the Edmonton
  15. Oilers. By the end of the 1983-84 season, 
  16. the 6' 1" center had his first championship
  17. ring.
  18.  
  19. At the beginning of the 1991-92 season,